The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-09-10
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ures against violatOrs of the law and to
guarantee safety to all subjects OF the
Car, without distinction.
A LONDON Standards Sofia correspond
ent telegraphs that he has authority for
stating that General Enroth's entrance
into Bulgaria will be forcibly resisted If
necessary.
THOMAS JOYCE shot his wife fatally and
wounded his daughter at Pittsburgh, Pa,
on the LIST.
THE cruiser Boston made a satisfactory
trial trip on the LIST. In run of six hours
she made fourteen and one-half knots and
her engines showed an indicated horse
power of 1924, whereas she was supposed
to show $500.
A MAN about thirty three years old, sup
posed from papers found in his pockets,
to be Derby G.. Brach, of 1853 North Bound
airy street, Burlington, Ia, committed
suicide on Boston Common on the 3lst
ult., by shooting. The ball took effect in
his left breast, causing almost instant
death.
THE action of the Secret Service Depart
ment regarding business college currency
has called out large number Of inquiries
from commercial colleges all over the
country. Samples of currency are sent in
most cases to Chief Clerk Brooks, who
passes on them, pointing out any objec'
tionable features.
! OAK GROVE SEMINARY, at Waterville,
Me-, was burned to the ground on the
morning of the 1st. A son of Stephen
Jones, aged sixteen, persisted in the
| flames. The building was occupied as a
| school by the Society Of Friends. The
school was burned few years ago, and
the present buildings were completed last
year.
JOSIAH TERRELL was executed at Column
/ bus, o., on the LIST, for the murder Of
Charles Phelps, and proclaimed his inno-
cence after he had been placed upon the
scaffold. The execution took place in the
annex at the penitentiary, and there were
only about fifty persons who witnessed
the scene.
HENRY KING, prominent merchant of
! Georgetown, o., visited Cincinnati on
business on the 3lst ult., and spent the
night with Mr.. Geo. Straub, his brother-in-
law. Early the next morning Mr.. Straub
was awakened by noise, and found that
Mr.. King had in some way fallen from the
window of the second-story room to the
sidewalk and received fatal injuries.
A HORRIBLE accident occurred on John
Hill's farm about five miles east of Logans'
port, Ind, by which Henry Fletcher lost
his life. He was blasting stumps with
dynamite and had about fifty cartridges
in his possession. By some unknown
means they we're all exploded, and
Fletcher was literally torn to pieces, parts
of his body being found over hundred
yards distant.
BISHOP WILLIAM L. HARRIS, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, died at New
York on the I'd.
A SLIGHT accident to Emperor William
fall in the palace-created great excite
ment in Berlin on the ID.
TEXAS refuses to give up Hancock, the
wife-slayer, to Louisiana, where he is alsC
wanted for murder.
THE Canadian press has revived discus
sion of the fisheries dispute with the Unit
ed States.
ANOTHER attempt was made on thu
night of the 1st to wreck a train on the
Wabash near Danville, ILL.,, by setting fire
to bridge.
OFFICIAL reports have reached Wash
ington of the recent seizure of the custom
house at Havana.
IRISH leaders called ON the people b
assemble in thousands on the 4th, ant
hold the Bally Coree meeting despite tn
government proclamation.
MEMORIAL services were held by the ex
Confederates on the ID on the battlefield
! Of ALL ,,,ho
monument has been erected to General
McCulloch, Mcintosh and Slack.
AN official explanation of the Baltimor
& Ohio "mystery" is at last given, fror
which it appears that the Pennsylvani
secures control of the railroad propertie
and the Western Union the telegraph sys
TEN.
A THOROUGHBRED horse, presented I
President Diaz Of Mexico by Alfons
: XII, late King of Spain, was stolen o
: the LIST. No clew to the bold thieves.
, A TARIFF reform measure is being PR
pared at Washington which will be il
dorsed by the Administration and will b
4. approximately in conformity with th
q Allentown (Pa.) declarations.
n THE Germau-American Association
3 | AoShhlO0l oONloJlbSi COIupOSeu mainly
/. engineers, began its annual convention
!. New York on the I'd, with delegates fro
Chicago, Cincinnati and st. Louis.
SAMMIE, the oldest of the last two Der
n mead brothers, the New Jersey hermit
y has become insane, refusing 'neurishmen
\ because he says people are seeking his lif
+ He is very weak and can not last long.
+ c. NJ. HovEY, the veteran horticulturis
+ died az his home in Cambridge, Mass, c
the I'd, aged about seventy.seven. NJ
). Hovey was the best-known America
p pomologist and horticulturist in tn
i. country, having devoted lifetime
a these pursuits.
\ THE acceptance by the Porte of Russia
6 terms for the government of Bulgar
pending the election of a new Sobran
and later a new prince, widens the breaC
d between Russia and the people of Blu
e garia, and also between the latter al
;, Prince Ferdinand.
II A FIRE broke out in the magnificeI
n abbey and college Of the Catholic chur,
: at st. Meinard, Spencer County, Ind. ,
interior town fifteen miles south of Hun
ington, and despite the heroic efforts